Weeding attachment for harrows



Feb. 9 1926. i 1,572,oo4

. J. A. GASKILL WEEDING ATTA'GHMENT FOR HARRows Filed August 8, 1925' J//asZ/ill.

Patented Feb. 9, 1926.

.uNiTEDP-STTES JEssE A, GAsKrLL, or IMBLER, oaEeoN; i

WEEDING ATTACHMENT Fon HARRoWs.

pplication filed'Au'gust 8, 1925.' Serial N0.v49,077.

To (LZIZ' w/zom-v z't may concei'f'n': j

Bei it known that I, Jnssn A. GAsiriLL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Imblei', in the county of Union and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inlVeeding Attachments for Harrows, of wliich the following is a specification, reference being had to the 'accompanying di'awings.V

This iiivention relates to weeding' devices, aiid particularly to a weeding attachment foran ordinary spike harrow.

Tlie general object of the inventioii isto provide aii attachment in the form of a rod adapted to be inounted upon the harrow at the rear end thereof and be disposed on a level with the points of the liarrow teeth, the object of the device being to operate through tlie harrowed earth an-d drag out all the weeds.

A further object is to provide a device of this` Character whicli will not obstruct the pass-age of trasli aiid clods.

p A stillfui'ther object is to providea device of this character which is very simple, w

wliicli may be i'eadily put in place or as i'eadily removed, and wliicli has been found to be Vthoroughly effective iii practice.

My iiivention is .illustrated in the'accompanying drawing, wherein:-

Figure- 1 is a side elevation of a harrow with my attachment applied thereto;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the same;

Fgure 8 is a perspective of one of the brackets or supports 17;

Figurel is a perspective viewtof the rod 16.

Referring toV thisdrawing, itrwill be seen that I have illustrated an ordinary harrow formed in one or more sections, each section consisting of the loiigitudinal fraine barslO, the cross bars 11, and means whereby the cross bars which are oscillatably connected to the longitudinal bars may be tilted, a transversely extending draft bar 12, and a hitoh 13. All of these parts are Vof any usual or suitable construction.l In this form of harrow it is usual for the teeth or spilres 14 to be lield upon the transverse oscillatory bars by means of an adjustable tooth clip 15.

My invention comprises a transversely extending rod or bar 16 which eXtends loosely through eyes formed in the'lower ends of upwardly extending supporting rods 17, the

upper end-s of these rods being `turned forward and. downward, as .at 18, and adaptecl to be inserted in the rear cross bar 11 taking the place of the harrow teetli in this rear cross bar. These upwardly extending meinb'ers 17V are of suificient length so that when the bar 16 is in place it will be disposedV about six inohes back of the lastrow of har- .row teeth, with the bar 16 disposed ata depth equal to the level of the points of the hai'row teetli. Preferably there will be three or more of thesesupporting bars, brackets o r i'ods 17, depending` onv the size of the section ofliarrow that -the attachinent is'connected with. The lower extreinities of these members 17 are fiattened and perforated to form eyes throughwhich the 'rod 1G passes, this rod being preferably three-sixteenths' of an inch in diameter and preferably both ends of the rod are slightly bent, as at 19, so that the rod cannot work out of the teeth when F in'use.

In the use of'this device, the harrow is di'awn overthe ground in the usual manner and the rod 16 plays over the uneven ground) iii the same manner as the harrow teeth themselves but acts to drag out all the weeds. At the saine time inasmucli as this rod is 'located some six inches back of the last'row of teetli on the hai'row and is supported by supports 17 which are relatively wide apart, all trasli and clods are perinitted to pass over the rod 16 and between the supports therefor. At the same tiine this bar 16a will act to drag the weeds all out on top `of the ground. It does not, however, pull the trasli out of the plow-ed ground or collect the clods in luinps upon the plowed ground. Furthermore, the Weeds which are pulled out by the rod 16 will clean off of the rod inucli better than where teeth. or blades are used for this purpose and the rod leaves the surface smoother. It will be understood, ,of course, that the downwardlj7 bent ends 18 of these supports 17 'will engage iii the clamps 15 or may enga'ge through apertures foriiied iii the ordinary cross bars of a harrow. The

- clamp 15 is then tiglitened so as to hold these one eeellion ei' :1 phn'eliiy of eeetions ale (ie- 5i1'ed.

1. The eoinhinui'ion n'iih :i hul'row having` ievv'nwzu'dly depenciing teeth, e, treniwersely extenfiing series o'i' socket nieniim's carried at the l'ezu' end of the hei'i'ow, of zi weeding uttaehment coniprising :L ti'ansverseiy ex' tending: i'oiil`` supports fherefel' extending' npwnird, :forward end then downwru'fl and engng'ed in said socket members, the red being loeseiy lneuni'eri Wii'hin the lower ends of said supports to pel'niit the supports to he mijnateil upon the red to self, the socket nienihel's on the hzrri'ow.

2. A 'Weeihng ui'hn'hinent J'oif hm'i'owss ('ompi'isinl' ;i phn'nlity of vei'ti 'nl supports, eueh suppoi'i :it iifi upper end heing l'ox' wfu'iiiy :md then downwau'dy turned, 'he downwzufdiy turned powie-n being :idap'ied to he insel'i'eii in 'the tooth opening' o'' :1 irzinsvei'se hm' of the hm'i'ew, the .lower Year ends oiE said supports being trensverse1-xj pering: :L 'i'nnsvei'se epeiftin'e, and a tl'ansverse 1 red .loosseiy nloonted in said apel'tin'es of the several supports: wher-eliiy the Supports may he mijusted longitudinnlly with rehik Lion [o the red, the red having' means 'for lnfeveni ing;` the :ieeident'al detuehment of the red from Said Supports.

In testin'iony whereoif I hereunto uflix my gn ntm'e.

J ESSE A. GSKILL. 

